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Uninstalled ZA Free Now No Access

Long story short, I uninstalled ZA Free. I used AppRemover after to clean up anything left behind. Now I have no internet access. Looking at the status of the connection I see data trying to get out but nothing being received. I turn on Win firewall, I turn off Win firewall no difference. I did notice that Win firewall is not asking me if I want to block or allow program access. Is cpes-clean used to uninstall ZA or is it run afterward to clean up and stragglers? Thoughts? Thanks.

Re: Uninstalled ZA Free Now No Access

[QUOTE=DznyFan;274259]Long story short, I uninstalled ZA Free. I used AppRemover after to clean up anything left behind. Now I have no internet access. Looking at the status of the connection I see data trying to get out but nothing being received. I turn on Win firewall, I turn off Win firewall no difference. I did notice that Win firewall is not asking me if I want to block or allow program access. Is cpes-clean used to uninstall ZA or is it run afterward to clean up and stragglers? Thoughts? Thanks.

Most users that contribute to this forum probably have never used ZoneAlarm Free.So sometimes it is hard to help you,

It is Sometimes very Difficult toDiagnose and fix a Computerfrom halfway across the Country, without All the Details,without the ability to sit in front of your Computer monitor and see what's going on..

Re: Uninstalled ZA Free Now No Access

Sorry. I'm at work, this is the best I can remember right now.
Win XP Pro SP3
ZA Free 9.1.007
Dell Inspiron desktop 530

This is in prep for upgrading to Win 7 Pro 64bit. I uninstalled all security software using AppRemover but ZA wouldn't uninstall so after a reboot I used add/remove programs.

Thank you for your Feedback..

I Use the Paid versions of ZoneAlarm ZA Suite and ZA Extreme, and have Upgraded my WinXP SP3 and Windows Vista SP2 (using ZA Removal Tool)
the Upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit and then Re-Install ZAss 9.1 and ZA Exteme Security 9.1 with no Problem..

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In you Case, with ZA Free 9.1 on Win XP, if you Uninstalled Zone Alarm with Windows ADD/Remove While ZoneAlarm was Still Running, that may Explain why Access to the internet is locked out..

All versions of ZoneAlarm Firewall are designed to Protect themselfs and your Computer fromHackers trying to Shutdown the Firewall, unless you properly Shut down zone Alarm by going to (Overview/Preferences and Un-Check "LOAD Zone Zone Alarm on Start UP")

Re: Uninstalled ZA Free Now No Access

Hi, I have followed the above sequence and I still have no internet access after removing ZA 9.1 free. The only way I have been able to restore internet is by restoring windows to a previous restore point but then I am back with ZA. I'm using Win 7 ultimate. I upgraded from vista ultimate (not clean install) some months ago. Zone alarm was working but I want to use an alternative. Note I was using AVG Free v9 for antivirus but had susccessfully removed that in case it was affecting the removal of ZA.
I have run **** cleaner too, but to no avail.
Network adapters have the latest drivers and appear fine in device manager. After removing ZA, If I run Windows network diagnostics it suggests that there appears to be a problem with both the wired and wireless network adapters.

A side note: I tried re-installing Hamachi recently and that would not work - it couldn't find the network adapter, even though internet was working fine. Hamachi worked fine with vista previously.

Please don't tell me I have to do a clean install. but I'd love it if you can help.